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McCrory, Pat. Proclamation, Women in the Military Month, November 2015

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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
WOMEN IN THE MILITARY MONTH
2015
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there are over 200,000 women in the United States military, comprising approximately
14.5 percent of the U.S. Armed Forces; and
WHEREAS, in 1970, women comprised 1.4 percent of the military, and have steadily risen in numbers
to the current figure; and
WHEREAS, women have served proudly in every U.S. conflict since the Civil War; and
WHEREAS, in June 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration
Act, allowing women to have regular military status; and
WHEREAS, women make up approximately 167,000 of the enlisted ranks, 36,000 are members of the
Officer Corps and 69 women are either generals or admirals; and
WHEREAS, enlisted women made up 2.7 percent of United States military front line units; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina recognizes the contributions of women in the military
throughout our nation's history;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim November 2015, as "WOMEN IN THE MILITARY MONTH" in North Carolina, and commend
its observance to all citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this ninth day of November in the year of our Lord two thousand and
fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.